The New Batman Adventures is a continuation of the acclaimed Batman: The Animated Series. Stories in this series tend to give more focus to Batman's supporting cast, which include fellow crimefighters Robin, Nightwing, and Batgirl, among others. The show also features guest stars such as Supergirl, Etrigan, and The Creeper.
The best episode of "The New Batman Adventures" season 1 is "Holiday Knights", rated 7.6/10 from 1013 user votes. It was directed by Dan Riba and written by Paul Dini. "Holiday Knights" aired on 9/13/1997 and is rated 0.2 point(s) higher than the second highest rated, "Sins of the Father".
The origins of Tim Drake are traced, from street-tough and member of Two-Face's gang to the new Robin.
Director: Curt Geda
Writer: Rich Fogel
Mr. Freeze returns and seeks revenge on Gotham City, with a big surprise for Batman.
Director: Dan Riba
Writer: Hilary Bader
The Scarecrow develops a new toxin that, rather than inducing fear, eliminates it, making average people incredibly reckless and dangerous.
Director: Kenji Hachizaki
Writer: Stan Berkowitz
In an effort to further distance himself from Batman, Nightwing tries to go it alone to stop a smuggling ring and gets unexpected help from the seductive Catwoman.
Director: Butch Lukic, Dan Riba
Writer: Hilary Bader
Arnold Wesker is released from Arkham, completely free of his Scarface persona. But Scarface's old gang, needing their old boss back, begin working to drive Wesker back to his old ways.
Director: Curt Geda
Writer: Bob Goodman
Crime boss Edward "The King" Barlow dies and in his will leaves his arch-rival, the Joker, a large fortune. Joker immediately goes on a shopping spree, even searching for a replacement for Harley Quinn, but realizes too late that all the money is fake.
Director: Dan Riba
Writer: Paul Dini
Robin fights to protect a young girl with amnesia who is being stalked by her "father", who turns out to be Clayface. Having created the girl from his own body to scout out the city, he now intends to reabsorb her.
Director: Atsuko Tanaka
Writer: Bob Goodman, Paul Dini
Batman pursues an ex-model, who is now looking for revenge and calling herself "Calendar Girl".
Director: Hiroyuki Aoyama
Writer: Hilary Bader
Batman and Robin assist occultist Jason Blood when Klarion the Witch-boy takes control of Blood's alter-ego, Etrigan the Demon.
Director: Atsuko Tanaka
Writer: Rusti Bjornhoel, Stan Berkowitz
During a fight with the Scarecrow, Batgirl is ambushed on a rooftop and falls to her death. Having watched his daughter's demise, Jim Gordon blames Batman for her fate and vows revenge, even recruiting Bane in the process.
Director: Yuichiro Yano
Writer: Paul Dini, Bruce Timm
A lovelorn pyrotechnic engineer, Garfield Lynns, gets dumped by a big time singer named Cassidy. Lynns becomes the supervillain Firefly, bent on burning the woman who burned him.
Director: Curt Geda
Writer: Rich Fogel
Baby Doll becomes enamored of Killer Croc, and the pair forms a very unlikely yet very successful criminal duo. However, their partnership soon falls apart when Baby Doll learns that Croc is only using her to further his own criminal career.
Director: Butch Lukic
Writer: Steve Gerber